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From: Ed Kearns on 24 Feb 2010 23:40 in article 4b85c048$0$9208$c3e8da3(a)news.astraweb.com, Warren Oates at warren.oates(a)gmail.com wrote on 2/24/10 5:11 PM: > In article <C7AA900D.29DD4%kearnser(a)gmail.com>, > Ed Kearns <kearnser(a)gmail.com> wrote: > >> But does anyone know what Word 1.x-5.x means? > > Yes. I found that the files have no extension, expressed or otherwise. I also found an application, ManageNameExt, that will change these to .doc or .txt or whatever. Ed
From: Fred Moore on 25 Feb 2010 10:27 In article <C7AB4D4B.2A3B4%kearnser(a)gmail.com>, Ed Kearns <kearnser(a)gmail.com> wrote: > in article 4b85c048$0$9208$c3e8da3(a)news.astraweb.com, Warren Oates at > warren.oates(a)gmail.com wrote on 2/24/10 5:11 PM: > > > In article <C7AA900D.29DD4%kearnser(a)gmail.com>, > > Ed Kearns <kearnser(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > > >> But does anyone know what Word 1.x-5.x means? > > > > Yes. > I found that the files have no extension, expressed or otherwise. I also > found an application, ManageNameExt, that will change these to .doc or .txt > or whatever. If you mean just change the extension, that won't do it. There was a file format change between 5 and later (i.e. .doc). And, yes the early word files had no extension because the previous Mac OS didn't use them.
From: Ed Kearns on 25 Feb 2010 18:35 in article fmoore-51D4F3.10270625022010(a)feeder.eternal-september.org, Fred Moore at fmoore(a)gcfn.org wrote on 2/25/10 8:27 AM: > In article <C7AB4D4B.2A3B4%kearnser(a)gmail.com>, > Ed Kearns <kearnser(a)gmail.com> wrote: > >> in article 4b85c048$0$9208$c3e8da3(a)news.astraweb.com, Warren Oates at >> warren.oates(a)gmail.com wrote on 2/24/10 5:11 PM: >> >>> In article <C7AA900D.29DD4%kearnser(a)gmail.com>, >>> Ed Kearns <kearnser(a)gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>>> But does anyone know what Word 1.x-5.x means? >>> >>> Yes. >> I found that the files have no extension, expressed or otherwise. I also >> found an application, ManageNameExt, that will change these to .doc or .txt >> or whatever. > > If you mean just change the extension, that won't do it. There was a > file format change between 5 and later (i.e. .doc). And, yes the early > word files had no extension because the previous Mac OS didn't use them. I thought that because it loads into my new Mac it would be ok. I sent it to a friend who has Windows and he can't open it! What's the best way to do this? Ed
From: Fred Moore on 26 Feb 2010 10:21 In article <C7AC5755.2AF77%kearnser(a)gmail.com>, Ed Kearns <kearnser(a)gmail.com> wrote: > in article fmoore-51D4F3.10270625022010(a)feeder.eternal-september.org, Fred > Moore at fmoore(a)gcfn.org wrote on 2/25/10 8:27 AM: > > > In article <C7AB4D4B.2A3B4%kearnser(a)gmail.com>, > > Ed Kearns <kearnser(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > > >> in article 4b85c048$0$9208$c3e8da3(a)news.astraweb.com, Warren Oates at > >> warren.oates(a)gmail.com wrote on 2/24/10 5:11 PM: > >> > >>> In article <C7AA900D.29DD4%kearnser(a)gmail.com>, > >>> Ed Kearns <kearnser(a)gmail.com> wrote: > >>> > >>>> But does anyone know what Word 1.x-5.x means? > >>> > >>> Yes. > >> I found that the files have no extension, expressed or otherwise. I also > >> found an application, ManageNameExt, that will change these to .doc or .txt > >> or whatever. > > > > If you mean just change the extension, that won't do it. There was a > > file format change between 5 and later (i.e. .doc). And, yes the early > > word files had no extension because the previous Mac OS didn't use them. > I thought that because it loads into my new Mac it would be ok. I sent it to > a friend who has Windows and he can't open it! What's the best way to do > this? If these are originally Mac old Word files, a PC won't be able to open them. However, I would have thought that a later Word on the Mac would be able to open them, so if you have a friend with a Later Word try that. Otherwise, MacLink will do the trick (I've done it) for $80. (You are _sure_ the files haven't gotten corrupted somehow?)
From: Tom Harrington on 26 Feb 2010 11:09 In article <C7AC5755.2AF77%kearnser(a)gmail.com>, Ed Kearns <kearnser(a)gmail.com> wrote: > in article fmoore-51D4F3.10270625022010(a)feeder.eternal-september.org, Fred > Moore at fmoore(a)gcfn.org wrote on 2/25/10 8:27 AM: > > > In article <C7AB4D4B.2A3B4%kearnser(a)gmail.com>, > > Ed Kearns <kearnser(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > > >> in article 4b85c048$0$9208$c3e8da3(a)news.astraweb.com, Warren Oates at > >> warren.oates(a)gmail.com wrote on 2/24/10 5:11 PM: > >> > >>> In article <C7AA900D.29DD4%kearnser(a)gmail.com>, > >>> Ed Kearns <kearnser(a)gmail.com> wrote: > >>> > >>>> But does anyone know what Word 1.x-5.x means? > >>> > >>> Yes. > >> I found that the files have no extension, expressed or otherwise. I also > >> found an application, ManageNameExt, that will change these to .doc or .txt > >> or whatever. > > > > If you mean just change the extension, that won't do it. There was a > > file format change between 5 and later (i.e. .doc). And, yes the early > > word files had no extension because the previous Mac OS didn't use them. > I thought that because it loads into my new Mac it would be ok. I sent it to > a friend who has Windows and he can't open it! What's the best way to do > this? You mentioned earlier that you can open the files with Word 2008 and save them in other formats. You've also had a couple of suggestions for how to automate the conversion of all of the documents into other formats. What problem are you trying to solve that you don't already have an answer to? -- Tom "Tom" Harrington Independent Mac OS X developer since 2002 http://www.atomicbird.com/
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